How to go pond dipping
Meet the critters who live in a pond.
Meet the critters who live in a pond.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Water mint grows in damp places and has aromatic leaves that can be used to flavour food and drink. Gathering wild food can be fun, but it's best to do it with an expert - come to a Wildlife…
Find out who has been visiting your garden
Colour in these creatures you might spot out and about.
Recreate pondlife in the kitchen!
Look out for the feathery leaves of Spiked water-milfoil just below the surface of streams, ditches, lakes and ponds; its red flowers emerge from the water in summer. It provides shelter for a…
Despite its name, the "common" skate is not so common anymore. In fact, they are Critically Endangered.
Water figwort is a tall plant of riverbanks, pond margins, damp meadows and wet woodlands. Its maroon flowers are pollinated by the Common wasp.
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.
There are several species of spider that live in our wetlands, but the water spider is the only one that spends its life under the water. In its pond habitats, it looks silvery because of the air…
Reuse and recycle for this one!